Life in the Pandemic

It is said that children who have experienced trauma often develop beneficial skills to cope in adulthood. So, add another something to the list of things learned during my childhood! I can handle change. Trauma during my childhood was far less than what others experience; but still, growing up to any extent in an alcoholic home is traumatic. And becoming suddenly motherless at young age 35 adds to trauma. It is also said that if there is faith about something burning from within, speak it. That is what this post is about. Speaking or presenting a request. S peak? I will.  And I pray the right person will read this.  I fall asleep believing there is something else I need to know. I awaken with the same thought on my mind. I think I am ready. If there is someone who knows more information about my childhood, please contact me. I need to hear from you. Privately, on Facebook Messenger, is a great avenue.

Too often a passing phrase is inserted lightly into conversations, "It was a miracle.” Being a born-again Christian and follower of Jesus, when I say or write a phrase like that, it is not used lightly. I mean that God provided a true-blue miracle.  One definition of miracle comes from Webster's online dictionary,   An effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause. Miracles and acts of faith go hand-in-hand. The Bible's  Abram (later named Abraham) followed God's command to "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you" ( Genesis 12).  For Abram to follow through with that act of faith, miracles had to occur. Supernatural guidance, for instance. Abram asked, "Where are we going, God?"  God replied, "Buckle up."  In other words, God did not tell Abram where. He put his trust in ...

We were loyal George and Mary Bailey ( It's a Wonderful Life )...  honest, passionate, and dependable. Like George, we had dreams of adventure, and travel, and big things. For a decade our dreams, like George's, were dashed and way-layed, many times. We were stuck, in “Bedford Falls.” But all it takes is one phone call, one interview for a dream opportunity, and one job offer... for life to change, seemingly overnight. That is where my husband and I were, about a year ago, pre- any hint of COVID-19 talk. We were in the middle of preparing to make the biggest decision of our senior-aged lives. After 25 years of working for the same employer, to uproot and move away from everything familiar, far away to the unknown... the decision was risky, and in no way clear-cut. For instance, what about our son? Should we move away from him? He is independent and capable, but doesn't he still need family that is a 2 1/2-hour drive away instead of 16 hours? And my husband's nearby ...